Nigeria: Group Advocates Death Penalty For Corruption

An Abuja-based nongovernmental organisation, Voice of the Voiceless has advocated that the federal government should attach death penalty as capital punishment for corruption in Nigeria.

Speaking to journalists during a march against corruption yesterday in Abuja, the group’s president, Comrade Oliver Ezeama, said they staged the campaign advocating for death penalty for corruption because it is destroying the nation speedily, saying they want it to be killed from its root instead of just being managed.

Ezeama said the nation has tried to fight corruption through various methods in the past to no avail, adding that some set of people are busy feeding fat on proceeds of corruption to the detriment of the larger society.